Coronavirus: Italian Publishers Join Libraries and Booksellers in Appeal

As coronavirus-related economic aid is released in Italy, publishers, libraries, and booksellers are asking for a cultural-spending incentive for families. The post Coronavirus: Italian Publishers Join Libraries and Booksellers in Appeal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Ebury to publish Armistice poetry collection

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Children's publishing "haemorrhaging talent"

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Publishers and E-Commerce: Perfect Together

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"Serious flaws" in Oxfordshire library plans

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Arts Council to 'speak up for libraries'

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Pan Mac buys thriller about Library of Alexandria

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Kent wins Libraries Change Lives award

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Suffolk to centralise library management

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Publishers seek second half upturn to 2011

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